Abdul is listening to a radio talk show and hears the announcer talk about "a high correlation between crime and poverty.". The announcer concludes that since there was a high correlation, poverty must cause crime. Abdul is taking psychology and is skeptical of what he just heard. He knows that
a. correlation does not indicate causation.
b. to properly evaluate the statement, he needs to know the magnitude of the correlation.
c. poverty and crime rates are difficult to measure.
d. the research indicates that crime causes poverty and not vice versa.
A
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